Cartridge-carrier and the like.



C. G. BATES.

CARTRIDGE CARRIER AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY24, 1914.

1,175,878. Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

CHARLES GORDON BATES, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO MILLS WOVEN CAE- TRIIDGE BELT COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CARTRIDGE-CARRIER AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES GORDON Barns, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cartridge-Carriers and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to cartridge carriers, and the like, adapted to contain one or more groups of cartridges assembled and connected together, as for example held together by a clip or clips.

The invention is particularly adapted for embodiment in cartridge carriers formed of woven material.

A general object of the invention is to prevent the cartridges which are contained in a carrier-pocket from accidentally dropping or being thrown out of such pocket.

Another object thereof is, in the case of two or more groups of cartridges occupying a pocket, to keep the respective groups in their places within the pocket without the employment of partitions.

Other objects are explained hereinafter.

According to this invention a pocket intended to contain one or more groups of cartridges is provided with a loop for such group, or with a loop for each group, which receives and encircles a cartridge constituting a member of such group and by gripping the said member holds the group within the pocket. The said loop may receive and grip an end cartridge of a group, or an intermediate one. There may be more than one loop for each group, preferably two loops, and when there are two loops to the group they ordinarily will receive and grip the end or outermost cartridges in the corresponding group. By receiving and gripping at least one of the cartridges in a clipgroup, the loop or loops will prevent the group from accidentally dropping or being thrown out of the pocket. Further, by means of the loop or loops a clip-group of cartridges may be so held in the pocket that the bullet-points of the cartridges of the grou will be kept substantially clear of the bottom of the pocket, and in this way chafing and wear of the said bottom by the bullet-points is obviated or minimized. The small retaining loops may be variously provided or applied, but preferably in the case of a seamless woven pocket the said loops are woven integral with one or more walls of the pocket. The retaining loops may be formed and arranged in various ways.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings, in which latter,

Figure 1 shows in plan, with the cover or flap in section, a cartridge carrier pocket formed to contain three clip-groups of cartridges, with one such group in place, the pocket being divided interiorly into three compartments by two partitions, and each compartment having two retaining loops. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical cross section in the plane of line 2, 2, of Fig. 1, the clip and cartridges being in elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a pocket similar in the main to that of Fig. 1 but without the partitions. with partitions and having the retaining loops provided in connection with one end wall only. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a pocket having partitions and showing two of the compartments furnished with retaining loops upon the opposite end walls of the pocket, and the third compartment furnished with a retaining loop upon the front wall of the pocket. Fig. 6 is a view of a pocket in vertical cross-section showing retaining loops which extend to near the top of the pocket.

Having reference to the drawings, the pockets shown in the drawings are woven seamless, and with the retaining loops formed in the process of weaving. The web a, a, at opposite sides of the pocket, the back wall 6 of the pocket, the end walls a, o, the front wall (Z, and the partitions e, e, are or may be formed in usual approved manner. The cover or flap 6 may be as usual. The retaining loops in which the invention more particularly resides are marked 7", f, in Figs. 1, 2, 8 and 4, f, f, f, in Fig. 5, and f 7, in Fig. 6. The retaining loops 7", f, F, are woven integral with the end walls 0, c; that is to say, with those walls which connect the front wall d with the backing or belt, 2'. 6., main web, a, on which the pocket is formed. Loop 7", Fig. 5, is shown woven upon the front wall (Z, as explained hereinafter.

The loops may be formed and arranged in various ways according to the main structure of the pocket. In Fig. 1, where the Fig. 4 is a plan view of a pocket pocket is provided with longitudinal partitions 6, 6, formed integral with the pocket and dividing it into compartments each intended to contain a group of cartridges;

this case conveniently effected by utilizing the same warp threads that are used in the formation of a partition forming one slde of the compartment in which the loop lies.

The loops, or some of them, however, may

be formed from one or more separate sets of warp threads provided for the purpose. Instead offorming the retaining loops upon both of the end walls as in Figs. 1, thus providing two loops in each compartment,

loops may be formed upon one'end wall only as in Fig. i, in which case there will be only one loop in each compartment.

The partitions e of Fig. 1 are omitted in the case of the pocket shown in Fig. 8, this last view showing retaining loops provided upon both end walls. The partitions might be omitted, also, in the case of a pocket hav-I ing retaining loops upon one end Wall only as in Fig. 4. All of the retaining loops of Fig. 3 may conveniently be formed from a single set of warp threadsprovided for the purpose, which threads are thrown into 1 the backing or walls when not employed in the formation of the loops.

In use, if the pocket is provided with loops on one end wall only, when inserting clip-groups of cartridges into the pocket an end cartridge of each clip-group is pushed into one of the retaining loops and pressed home. The loop will hold with such a grip the single cartridge that has been entered into the same that the whole group of cartridges will be retained in the pocket and prevented from accidentally falling out or being displaced. If retaining loops are formed opposite each other, that is in pairs, on the opposite end walls of a pocket, then when inserting clip-groups of cartridges into the pocket the two end or outermost cartridges in each clip-group are respectively inserted in the appropriate retaining loops and pushed home. The two retaining loops maintain a better hold or grip on the group of cartridges than when one loop only is employed, and act still more effectively to prevent the group from dropping or bein thrown out. Further, although satisfactory results are obtained where only one of the cartridges of a group is held in a retaining loop, it is particularly to be noticed that where the two end cartridges of a group are held in loops all the cartridges in that group are supported with their points kept sufiiciently off or away from the bottom of the pocket to prevent or considerably reduce the chafing of the bottom by the bullet points.-

It will be understood that the dimensions to contain. In some cases the loops extend only part of the way from the bottom of the pocket to wardthe topasin Fig. 2, to accommodate a clip of the form or structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In other cases,

however, where the structure of the clipallows of it, the loops are formed so that" 7 7 they extend from the bottom rightupto or near the level of thetop of the outer walls of the pocket. as in the case of loops f P, Fig. 6, so as to give each loop a hold on an 1ndividual cartridge throughout the greater portion of the length of such car tridge. The loops may be substantially c'yii lindrical throughout their length from top' to bottom, or they may be tapered or reduced as in Figs.'2 and 6 toward their lower ends so as to grip the bullets.

retaining all of the clipgmupsintended to be placed in such pocket,or loops may be A pocket maybe provided with loops for provided for certain, only, of such clip groups. /V here a pocket is furnished with loops upon both end walls so that the two end or outermost cartridges of each clip group may be inserted into retaining, loops, the said loops will hold the clip groups in.

proper place and from movement about within the pocket, and the partitions e, e, of Figs. land 2 may be omitted.

The detail construction of the pocket with its retaining loops may vary, the essential feature according to this invention being the provision of the retaining loopsso as to give the pocket ahold on each clip-group of cartridges by gripping one or more of the individual cartridges in V such group. Though as will be appreciatedthe preferred position for retaining loops is on the end walls of a pocket, itmay on occasion be convenient to provide a retaining loop on a partition or on the front or back wall. For example, in a partitioned pocket having three compartments adapted to contain three clip-groups of cartridges, the retaining loops may be located as inFig. 5. In the said figure the two innermost compartments are provided with retaining loops on the end walls a-tthe ends of such compartments. ever, in place of having loops at the ends, is provided with a single loop f" formed on the front wall d at an intermediate point in the length of the said wall. pocket f. might be formed upon the partition which is next to the front wall. The arrangement having a retaining loop upon the front wall or the adjacent partition may The outermost compartment, how-- Or the be more convenient to weave than where all the loops are located on the end walls.

In order to facilitate the engagement of the cartridges with the loops the latter may be woven of material which will insure their always being distended and prevent them from flattening out or assuming a collapsed form. This may be effected by providing warp threads of heavy flax or other suitable material which will tend to retain the shape of the loops in the formation of which these warp threads are employed. When thus woven flattening out or collapsing Will be resisted or prevented. Alternatively these warp threads may have one or more strands of wire laid up with each thread or incorporated therewith in some suitable manner. The stiffened warp threads also serve to give support to the other parts of the pocket in which these threads are incorporated in the formation of the pocket.

I claim as my invention 1. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges, and provided with a loop which encircles a member of such group and by its engagement therewith holds the group within the pocket.

2. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges, and provided on an end-wall thereof with a loop which encircles a member of such group and by its engagement therewith holds the group within the pocket.

3. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of car tridges, and provided on opposite walls with loops which respectively encircle members of such group and by engagement therewith hold the group within the pocket.

4. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse a plurality of assembled groups of cartridges, and provided on a wall thereof with a corresponding plurality of loops which respectively encircle individual members of the respective groups, to thereby hold the said groups in place.

5. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masae a plurality of assembled groups of cartridges, and provided on each of opposite walls thereof with a corresponding plurality of loops which respectively encircle individual members of such groups, to thereby hold the respective groups in place.

6. A cartridge-carrier pocket having two or more compartments, each formed to contain an assembled group of cartridges and provided with a loop which encircles a member of such group and holds it within the compartment.

7. A cartridge-carrier pocket having two or more compartments, each formed to contain an assembled group of cartridges and provided on opposite walls with loops which encircle members of such group and by engagement therewith hold the group Within the compartment.

8. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges and provided with a loop having its upper portion located below the top of the pocket, said loop encircling a member of such group and by its en agement therewith holding the group within the pocket.

9. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges and provide interiorly with loops having their upper portions located below the top of the pocket and respectively encircling individual members of such group and by engagement therewith holding the group within the pocket.

10. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges and provided with a loop which encircles a member of such group and by engagement therewith holds the group within the pocket and in addition prevents the points of the cartridge bullets from touching the bottom of the pocket.

11. A cartridge carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges and provided with oppositely located interior loops which respectively encircle individual members of such group and by engagement therewith hold the group within the pocket and prevent the points of the bullets from touching the bottom of the pocket.

12. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges and provided with a tapered loop which receives an individual member of such group and thereby prevents the points of the bullets of such group from touching the bottom of the pocket.

13. A cartridge-carrier pocket formed to contain en masse an assembled group of cartridges and provided with oppositely located tapered loops which respectively encircle individual members of such group and by enga gement therewith limit the descent of the cartridges within the pocket and prevent contact of the points of the bullets with the bottom of the pocket.

in testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES GORDON BATES.

Witnesses:

R. E. DUNBAR KILBURN, PERRY GEORGE GATTER.

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